Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (UNI) Fifty-four more people tested positive for Omicron on Friday taking the total cases to 761 in Kerala so far, Health Minister Veena George said.
The Minister said 8 people tested positive in Thiruvananthapuram, 6 each in Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kannur, 5 each in Kollam and Kottayam, 4 in Alappuzha, 3 in Kozhikode, 2 in Palakkad, 1 each in Wayanad and Kasaragod. In addition, a Karnataka-based person who came from the UAE also tested positive, she added.
"Out of 761 cases, 518 reached Kerala from low risk countries, 115 from high risk countries and 88 contracted the virus through local contacts. Twenty-nine cases were from other neighbouring states."